Queensland Wide Inter-linked Courts (QWIC) records details of court appearances (e.g. dates, court location of appearance) for criminal matters as well as outcomes of court appearances (e.g. sentences). In terms of domestic violence criminal offences, only breaches of DV orders are able to be identified. Other domestic violence related offences (e.g. assaults) are not able to be identified as to whether or not they relate to domestic violence.

QWIC also records information relating to applications for DV orders (e.g. date of court appearance, result of court appearance, orders made, etc.). There is no link in the system between criminal matters and applications for DV orders. There is also no ‘single person identifier’ in QWIC, therefore history of offending is not available.

Known outcomesapplication for violence order
violence order issued offender charged offender went to court offender found guilty offender sentence type
child protection involvement
time off work / economic costs
medical treatment received / type
changed routine
other

1 Available for DV applications only. Not available for criminal offences. 2 If lodged in Queensland.3 Place of birth if provided by Queensland Police.4 However, there is no link on QWIC between DV application matters and breach of DV orders (i.e. criminal matters).

Data Item

Incident

Location home workplace school/place of education/institution public place other

Relationship between partiesmarried/de facto spouse current / former partner/boyfriend/girlfriend parent-child
sibling
other member of household
other relatives
relationships of personal or financial dependency

Weapon use type of weapon

Alcohol involvedSubstance use involved

Physical injury sustainedtype of injury

Reported to policereasons for not reporting

Other

Definition of Family and Domestic Violence

Family and Domestic Violence is defined by the Domestic and Family violence Protection Act 1989. The Act covers physical, emotional and financial violence and abuse committed in spousal, intimate personal, family and informal care relationships.

Aspects of FDV captured in the data are:

Physical abuse

Sexual abuse

Psychological / Emotional abuse

Economic abuse

Relationship to Conceptual Framework for Family and Domestic Violence (Cat. No. 4529.0)

Conceptual Framework Element / Sub-element

Amount of Information Available

None

Some

Detailed

Context

Environmental Factors

Individual pyscho-social factors

Risk

Community prevalence

Community incidence

Understandings and acknowledgments of risk and safety

Incident

Responses

Informal responses

Formal system responses

Impacts/Outcomes

Programs, Research & Evaluation

Collection methodology

Matters are entered into the QWIC system and finalised by a clerk. A registrar then verifies the finalisation and all details on QWIC by ticking the ‘verified’ box.Only ‘verified’ records can be accessed for statistical purposes.

Scope / target population

Criminal defendants in Queensland courts and applicants and respondents in DV order application matters.

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